Environ Intense C-Boost Mela-Even Cream

Vitamin C, but the kind that behaves. This is an oil-soluble vitamin C cream, which means it absorbs beautifully and does not sting, oxidize, or go brown on you the way water-based vitamin C has a habit of doing. Light, non-greasy, plays well under makeup and SPF.

What it does: helps reduce the appearance of uneven skin tone, and leaves skin looking healthy, luminous, and like it actually gets sleep. If your skin is dull, patchy, or carrying a bit of sun history, this is the one.

You do not need a ten-step routine for this to work. Drop it into whatever you are already doing, morning or night, and it earns its place on its own.

That said, if pigmentation is the thing you really want to fix, Environ’s Mela-Smart System pairs this with Mela-Prep Lotion and the Mela-Fade Serum System, and the three together do more than any one of them alone. Build up to it when you are ready. 

Why it's worth it

• Oil-soluble vitamin C (ascorbyl tetraisopalmitate) stays stable and absorbs properly, where water-based vitamin C tends to sting and oxidize
• Helps improve the appearance of uneven skin tone and visible sun damage
• Helps soften the look of fine lines while it works on tone
• Vitamin E alongside it for antioxidant support
• Light and non-greasy, so it layers under makeup and SPF without pilling
• Airless tube dispenser keeps the actives protected from light and air, which is most of the reason it still works at week ten
• Works on its own. No ten-step routine required.
  

How to use

Apply to clean skin, either to the full face or just to the areas you want to even out. Morning, night, or both. Follow with your moisturizer. If you are using it in the morning, wear broad-spectrum SPF, because vitamin C and daily sun protection are a package deal and you will get nowhere without it.

Already on an Environ routine? It goes on after your serums and before your vitamin A moisturizer.

Size

25 ml (0.85 fl oz) in an airless tube dispenser. Twelve months unopened, and once you open it, use it within 10 to 12 weeks. Store it somewhere cool and out of direct light, and do not decant it into another container. The packaging is doing real work here.

Want to know whether this is the right starting point for your skin? Book a consult and we’ll tell you straight. Local pickup is free at the studio in Valleyview.